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How to educate children on traditional virtues

According to the moral education goal put forward by the current moral education program for primary and secondary schools, and in line with the principle of "serving the present with the past", the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation are decomposed and refined into twelve virtues. That is: filial piety to parents, respect for teachers and dedication, unity and friendship, determination to study hard, modesty and courtesy, honesty and trustworthiness, self-discipline, putting others first, neatness and fitness, diligence and thrift, patriotism and love for the people, and the whole world.

Judging from the standard of measuring goals in management, these goals do not conform to the SMART principle, that is, they are not specific, unmeasurable, divorced from reality and have no time limit. The difficulty of moral education lies in the concealment and variability of morality, which is manifested in different behaviors in front of different people and when a person is alone. These behaviors are interpreted by people with different times, cultural backgrounds, educational backgrounds and values. However, the results of interpretation are quite different. In the end, it became a clear and vague thing in everyone's mind. Therefore, the traditional virtue education is boring, empty and even misleading.

To truly understand what "traditional virtue" is, we should compare it with what "modern ugliness" is. Modern ugliness is gradually discovered with the development of the times in the process of a person's growth, and it needs constant understanding and reflection to truly realize it. Only by rejecting "modern ugliness" can we deepen our belief in "traditional virtue" and then gradually reflect it in our behavior. Therefore, traditional virtue education must be a gradual, long-term and endless behavior. And because of individual differences, they show different behaviors and details under the same principle. True China people are people with adult wisdom and children's hearts (from Gu Hongming's Spirit of China). Most adults were educated in traditional virtues in their childhood. Why did you disappear as an adult? At that time, because of the temptation of the materialistic society to adults, we lost our reflection on the soul. Too much so-called "adult wisdom" makes us lose our children's hearts. The child's heart is what we call "love". she

Adults' practice of traditional virtues will exert a subtle influence on children. Children will constantly integrate these virtues into their outlook on life and values when they grow up. Only through years of life experience and practice can we inherit and carry forward the essence of traditional virtues. It's like drawing on a blank sheet of paper. At first, only adults held brushes, and gradually children also participated. Later, the child painted independently with a brush, and then the child's child also.

Intervene ... if you want to educate traditional virtues, just do it! Start with yourself.

Or end with the classic line of A Chinese Odyssey: There was once a sincere virtue in front of me.

But I didn't cherish it,

I don't regret it until I lose it,

The most painful thing in the world is this. If God can give me another chance,

I will say three words to that virtue: "I love you!" " "If you have to add a deadline before this love,

I hope it's a lifetime.